STUDENT RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP TO PURSUE COMMUNITY SERVICE 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 10 -- For the third consecutive
year, a University of Virginia student has won the prestigious Jane
Addams-Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in Philanthropy. Fellows receive an
introduction to the theory and practice of philanthropy. 
Gerard Saviola, a fourth-year Echols interdisciplinary major from New
Rochelle, N.Y., will join the ranks of U.Va. graduates Kathryn
Stallings and David Brumbaugh by participating in the
Indianapolis-based program. 
	The fellowship, which is given to only six people nationwide,
awards students with a $15,000 stipend and an opportunity to engage in
graduate study and volunteer service. The fellows work at non-profit
organizations and travel to national conferences on philanthropy. 
Saviola has been active in both the University and Charlottesville. He
has been a volunteer director of the Daycare program at Madison House,
which coordinates community service opportunities for U.Va. students.
He served on Madison House's board of directors this year and chaired
its Benefit Ball last year.
	He has also been active in the University Guide Service, where
he served as both scheduler and probationary chair. He was vice-chair
of the Admission Committee, co-chair of University Union's short
courses committee and chair for S.E.R.V.E., a community service
program for first-years. He is also a brother in Delta Tau Delta
fraternity. 
	"I am more excited than I can explain. It's a wonderful
opportunity to learn more about the theory as well as practical
applications of the non-profit/public service sector. I'm also very
excited to join Kathryn Stallings in Indianapolis. I think the fact
that one of the six fellows has
been a U.Va. grad for the past three years demonstrates our students'
commitment to volunteerism," Saviola said. 
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May 9, 1997
	For more information contact Gerard Saviola at (804) 243-2354
or Cindy Fredrick, Madison House executive director, at (804)
977-7051.  Television reporters should call our TV News Office at
(804) 924-7550.